Graduate Seminar Projects – Fall 2022

Five Graphic Design graduate students each was tasked with coming up with an original idea, and executing said idea from start to finish. The following 5 Projects were completed over 16 weeks, starting with basic ideation and ending with finished or near finished projects.

Gods Vs. Demons

A deck of playing cards inspired by Iranian Mythology
Parisa Farjamfar

“The ancient gods were the pinnacle of righteousness and goodness. Whereas the demons had faults, they were unintellegent, contaminated and had other undesirable traits. These gods and demons were always in conflict and the outcome of the struggle between good and evil depended on how people performed and approached certain situations. “

Gods Vs. Demons plays with the legends of Iranian Mythology, featuring illustrations of all of the featured myths on face cards. Parisa Farjamfar illustrated each figure for the card set in great detail to bring each myth to life.

Indra	Jahi	Zairi			Sarva	Bushyasta	Akumaneh
Kshathra	Armertetat	Rahu			Asha	Haurvatat	Armaiti

hourworld

An interractive introduction to the concept of Time Banking
Negar Dehghan

Time Banking is a bartering system for services, where people exchange services for labor-time based credits, rather than money. hOurWorld gives a brief synopsis of this system by prompting a user to interact with Edgar, an animated avatar of the founder of Time Banking, Edgar Cahn.

I SPY WELLNESS

Jordan Wolf

Paired with an Augmented Reality experience, I Spy Wellness is a physical art installation to bring awareness to personal wellness, and to prompt library patrons to take a break for their mental health. The I Spy Wellness poster project will be printed large scale and hosted in the library during Fall 2023.

Inner World

A story about finding yourself
Natasha Krawzcuk

Inner World follows the perspective of a young woman struggling to find herself. After waking up in the middle of the night and stumbling into the bathroom, she travels through the mirror into her inner world.

Flourish

A journey for highly sensitive people
Forough Yazdanpanah

Flourish is a mental health app designed to help highly sensitive people process their emotions through calming mindfulness practices and community. Self-identifying ‘Orchid’ or highly sensitive people can sign up for a positive mental health-focused experience.